Prabhas

Prabhas (born Venkata Satyanarayana Prabhas Raju Uppalapati[1] on 23

Prabhas
October 1979) is an Indian film actor who predominantly works in Telugu
cinema.[3] Prabhas made his film debut with the 2002 drama film Eeswar. Prabhas
won the state award, the Nandi Award for Best Actor, for his role in Mirchi.[4] He
appeared in a Bollywood item song, in Prabhudeva's 2014 film Action Jackson.[5]

His works include Varsham (2004), Chatrapathi (2005), Chakram (2005), Billa
(2009), Darling (2010), Mr. Perfect (2011), and Mirchi (2013). Prabhas played the
title role in S. S. Rajamouli's epic film Baahubali: The Beginning (2015), which is
the fourth-highest-grossing Indian film to date.[6][7][8] Prabhas reprised his role in
its sequel, Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017), which became the first ever
Indian film to gross over ₹1,000 crore (US$155 million) in all languages in just
ten days, and it is the second highest-grossing Indian film to date.[9][10][11]
Prabhas is the first south Indian actor to have wax statue in Madame Tussaud's
wax museum.[12]

Prabhas at the 18th Mumbai Film

Festival in 2017
Contents
Born Venkata Satyanarayana
Early life Prabhas Raju
Career Uppalapati[1]
Filmography 23 October 1979[2]
See also Madras, Tamil Nadu,
References India
External links Residence Film Nagar, Hyderabad,
Telangana, India
Occupation Film actor
Early life Years active 2002 – present
Prabhas was born to film producer U. Suryanarayana Raju and his wife Siva Parents Uppalapati Surya
Kumari. He is the youngest of three children, with an elder brother Pramod Narayana Raju (father)
Uppalapati[13] and sister Pragathi. His uncle is Telugu actor Krishnam Raju
Siva Kumari (mother)
Uppalapati.[14] Prabhas attended the DNR School, Bhimavaram and graduated
with a B.Tech. degree from Sri Chaitanya College, Hyderabad.[15] Relatives Krishnam Raju
Uppalapati (uncle)

Career Awards IIFA, Nandi Award,

Filmfare
Prabhas started his movie career with Eeswar in 2002. In 2003, he was the lead in
Raghavendra. In 2004, he appeared inVarsham. He continued his career withAdavi Raamudu and Chakram.

In 2005 he acted in the film Chatrapathi directed by S. S. Rajamouli, in which he portrays the role of a refugee, exploited by goons.
It had a 100-day run in 54 centers.[16] Idlebrain stated that he had a unique style and macho charm in his screen presence.
[17]

Later he acted in Pournami, Yogi and Munna, an action-drama film came out in 2007, followed by the action-comedy Bujjigadu in
2008. In 2009 his two films wereBilla and Ek Niranjan. Indiaglitz called Billa stylish and visually rich.[18]
In 2010 he appeared in the romantic comedy Darling and in 2011, Mr. Perfect, another romantic comedy. In 2012, Prabhas starred in
Rebel, an action film directed by Raghava Lawrence. His next film was Mirchi. He rendered voice for a short cameo for the film
Denikaina Ready.[19]

In 2015 he appeared as Shivudu/Mahendra Baahubali and Amarendra Baahubali in S.S. Rajamouli's epic Baahubali: The Beginning.
The film became the third highest-grossing film worldwide in India and garnered critical and commercial praise all over the world.

The sequel of Baahubali: The Beginning, Baahubali: The Conclusionwas released worldwide on 28 April 2017.[20]

Filmography
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year Title Role Language Remarks

2002 Eeswar Eeswar Telugu
2003 Raghavendra Raghavendra Telugu
2004 Varsham Venkat Telugu
2004 Adavi Ramudu Ramudu Telugu
2005 Chakram Chakram Telugu
2005 Chatrapathi Siva / Chatrapathi Telugu
2006 Pournami Siva Keshava Telugu
2007 Yogi Eeswar Prasad / Yogi Telugu
2007 Munna Munna Telugu
Bujji / Linga Raju /
2008 Bujjigadu Telugu
Rajinikanth
2009 Billa Billa / Ranga Telugu
2009 Ek Niranjan Chotu Telugu
CineMaa award for Best actor
2010 Darling Prabhas / Prabha Telugu
(Jury)
2011 Mr. Perfect Vicky Telugu
2012 Rebel Rishi Telugu
2013 Mirchi Jai Telugu Nandi Award for Best Actor

Baahubali: The Telugu /

2015 Mahendra Baahubali /
Beginning Tamil[21][22]
Shivudu
Baahubali 2: The Amarendra Baahubali Telugu
2017
Conclusion Tamil
Hindi
2019 Saaho N/A Telugu
Tamil[23]

See also
List of Indian film actors

References
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External links
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